Envelopes



April 9, 1957 J. KLUGER ENVELOPES Filed Jan. 14, 1954 INVENTQR c/osepfi Mu er wl- TTORNEY ENVELOPES Joseph Kluger, New York, N. Y.

Application January 14, 1954, Serial No. 403,986

Claims. (Cl. 282-25) This invention relates to envelopes of the type adapted to be employed with accounting machines which imprint payroll statements or other business record information on the envelope.

Envelopes of this general type are well-known in the art, but have proven to be inadequate and inconvenient in many respects. It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a novel improved envelope of the character described.

More specifically, the envelope in accordance with the present invention is intended for use by business organizations and other institutions which employ a payroll recording system generally known as the three-in-one system wherein payroll entries are made simultaneously on the individual payroll record kept for each employee, the payroll summary sheet kept for the entire organization, and also on the individual statement given to each employee. The envelope of the present invention is adapted to have typed thereon the payroll information heretofore usually typed as a separate statement and enclosed within a separate envelope.

Envelopes have been employed heretofore which also are adapted to have payroll information typed thereon by an accounting machine. However, these prior art envelopes usually had the space for the typed matter on one of two superimposed sheets thereby making it difiicult to make clear carbon impressions through the double sheet. Other prior art envelopes of this type were disadvantageous in that they could be employed only with highly specialized and expensive accounting machines.

It is therefore another object to provide an envelope of the character described which may be utilized with any accounting machine or with an ordinary typewriter, the envelope being further improved in that the business record information is typed on a single layer of paper providing for clear readable carbon impressions on the other two of the triplicate copies usually required in a three-in-one accounting system.

A further object is to provide an envelope of the character described comprising an extension flap projecting laterally from a side edge of the closure flap and joined thereto along a fold-line, thus permitting the extension flap to have information typed thereon and then folded inwardly to lie concealed between the closure flap and the envelope body when the envelope is closed. This permits confidential information, such as an employees salary, to be concealed within the closed envelope if so desired.

It is to be understood that although for purposes of illustration the disclosed embodiment is in the form of a pay envelope, the present invention is equally useful for other similar business uses requiring accounting statements or other business records to be typed thereon.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention are inherent in the structure as claimed and disclosed or will become apparent to those skilled in the art as the description proceeds in connection with the accompany ing drawing.

"ited States Patent ice In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of an envelope embodying the invention, the envelope being shown in the open position;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the envelope;

Fig. 3 is a rear view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the extension flap folded over preparatory to closing the closure flap;

Fig. 4 shows the envelope in the closed condition;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 3

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 7 is a view of the blank from which the envelope is formed.

Referring now to the drawing in more detail, and in particular to Fig. 7 thereof, the reference numeral 11 indicates generally the envelope blank comprising a rectangular sheet 12 having a pair of transverse fold lines 13, 14 dividing the sheet 12 into three adjoining panels 15, 16 and 17.

The intermediate panel 16 has formed integral with the opposite vertical lateral edges thereof a pair of outwardly projecting rectangular flap portions 18 and 19. Fold-lines 20, 21 are provided at the junction of panel lo and flap portions 18, 19 and are in substantial alignment with the lateral edges 22, 23 and 2A4, 25 of panels 15 and 17, respectively.

Integral with and extending outwardly from the lateral edge 22 of panel 15 is an extension flap 26. A fold-line 27 is formed at the junction of flap 26 and panel 15 in substantial alignment with lateral edges 22, 24 and foldline 28.

As will be obvious from Figs. 1 and 2, blank 11 is easily formed into an envelope 28 by folding panel 17 upwardly along fold-line 14 into superimposed relation with panel 16 and then folding flap portions 18, 19 inwardly along fold-lines 20, 21 over panel 17. Flap portions 18, 19 are preferably adhesively sealed to panel 17 thereby forming the complete envelope 28 in an open condition.

The upper portion of panel 15 is provided with the usual adhesive at 29 adjacent its upper edge 30. It will thus be seen that panel 15 serves as a closure flap and may be folded down along fold-line 13 to close envelope 28.

A rectangular strip 31 of carbon paper or similar transfer material is secured to the rear faces of panel 15 and flap 26. The lower edge 32 of carbon strip 31 is preferably coincident with the lower edge 33 of flap 26, both edges 32, 33 being spaced above the fold-line 13. One end 34 of carbon strip 31 is coincident with the lateral edge 23 of closure flap 15. The opposite lateral end 35 of carbon strip 31 is spaced inwardly from the outer lateral edge 36 of extension flap 26.

The outer end of flap 26 is provided with a series of three horizontally-aligned spaced holes 37 between edge 36 and end 35. Another series of three holes 38 extend through carbon strip 31 and closure flap 15 adjacent the end 34 of carbon strip 31. The holes 37, 38 serve to align envelope 28 properly when positioning the latter with respect to the accounting machine or typewriter and with respect to the other record forms to be typed with envelope 28.

As best seen in Fig. l, the front faces of closure flap 15 and extension flap 26 have printed thereon horizontal ruled lines 39, 40 and vertical lines 41, 42, 43 and 44, thereby dividing the front area of flaps 15, 26 into a series of rectangles within which the various items of the payroll or similar accounting statement may be typed.

After this information has been typed on closure flap 15 and extension flap 26, the latter is then folded inwardly along fold-line 27 into superimposed relation over the rear surface of closure flap 15 as shown in Fig. 3. A pay check or other matter may be inserted into the envelope before or after the folding over of flap 26. Then the closure flap is folded down along fold-line 13 and the adhesive strip 29 is sealed to panel 17 resulting in a closed envelope as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

It willbe seen that in this closed condition the in formation typed on extension flap 26 is completely concealed by closure flap 15, thereby permitting personal or confidential information typed on extension flap 26 to be maintained hidden from sight until envelope 2% is opened.

Although as shown in Fig. 1, extension flap 26 projects from the right hand edge 22 of closure flap 15, it will be obvious that flap 26 may be provided at the left hand edge 23 of closure flap 15, if so desired.

Referring to Fig. 4, the reference numeral 45 indicates the area on the exposed face of closure flap 15 where the name of the employee is preferably placed when the envelope 28 is used for payroll purposes.

It is to be understood that the specific embodiment shown in the drawing and described above is merely illustrative of one of the many forms which the invention may take in practice without departing from the scope thereof as delineated in the appended claims.

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is: I

1. An envelope adapted to have accounting or other record information typed thereon and comprising a first panel, a second panel in superimposed relation to the first panel, said panels having upper, lower and side edges and being joined together along their lower edges and side edges, a closure flap integral with the upper end of said second panel along a horizontal fold-line and having a side edge in approximate alignment with one joined pair of said panel side edges, an extension flap integral with said closure flap and extending laterally from the side edge 'of the latter and having a length substantially equal to the width of said closure flap, said flaps having therebetween a vertical fold-line in approximate alignment with said closure flap side edge, whereby said extension flap may be folded along said vertical fold-line in superimposed relation to said closure flap and the latter together with said folded extension flap, may then be folded along said horizontal fold-line onto the first panel to overlie the same, and to enclose said extension flap between said closure flap and said first panel and means disposed beyond said extension flap to adhere said closure flap to said first panel in overlying position relative thereto with the extension flap folded but without adhering said closure flap to said extension flap.

2. In an envelope as recited in claim 1, and having transfer material on the surfaces of said closure flap and extension flap which mutually contact when said extension flap is folded against the closure flap.

3. An envelope as recited in claim 2 wherein said transfer material is in the form of a longitudinal horizontal carbon strip extending along the extension flap and across the closure flap above the horizontal fold-line.

4. An envelope as recited in claim 3 and having a plurality of holes extending in horizontal alignment through the closure flap and extension flap for aligning the envelope in an accounting machine or similar device.

5. An envelope as recited in claim 4 wherein said holes are located near the outermost side edge of the extension flap and the side edge of the closure flap opposite the first-recited side edge.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 117,015 Taylor July 11, 1871 837,228 Jackson Nov. 27, 1906 1,449,282 Guthman Mar. 20, 1923 2,013,844 Sherman Sept. 10, 1935 2,196,461 Heywood Apr. 9, 1940 2,289,460 Sacks July 14, 1942 2,302,992 Gardner Nov. 24, 1942 2,600,114 Kerr June 10, 1952 2,611,630 Sawdon Sept. 23, 1952 

